Education Committee
Formal minutes
Wednesday 14 July 2010
Members present
Mr Graham Stuart, in the Chair1
Conor Burns Charlotte Leslie Nic Dakin Ian Mearns Pat Glass Tessa Munt Damian Hinds Lisa Nandy Liz Kendall Craig Whittaker
1. Declaration of interests
Members declared their interests, in accordance with the Resolution of the House of 13 July 1992 (see Appendix 1).
2. Committee working methods
Ordered, That the public be admitted during the examination of witnesses unless the Committee orders otherwise.
Resolved, That the Committee approves the use of electronic equipment by Members during public and private meetings, provided that they are used in accordance with the rules and customs of the House.
3. Future programme
Resolved, That the Committee take oral evidence on the Building Schools for the Future programme and on the Department’s future capital spending, from Tim Byles CBE, Chief Executive, Partnerships for Schools, and from the Rt Hon Ed Balls MP.
Resolved, That the Committee take oral evidence from the Secretary of State for Education, on his responsibilities.
1 Mr Graham Stuart was elected as the Chair of the Committee on 9 June 2010, in accordance with Standing Order No. 122B (see House of Commons Votes and Proceedings, 10 June 2010) Resolved, That the Committee hold private seminars on matters relating to education and to children’s services.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 21 July at 9.15 am.
Wednesday 21 July 2010
Members present
Mr Graham Stuart, in the Chair
Pat Glass Ian Mearns Damian Hinds Tessa Munt Liz Kendall Lisa Nandy Charlotte Leslie Craig Whittaker
1. Declaration of interests
Charlotte Leslie declared interests, in accordance with the Resolution of the House of 13 July 1992 (see Appendix 1).
2. Young people not in education, employment or training
Draft Special Report (Young people not in education, employment or training: Government Response to the Committee’s Eighth Report of Session 2009-10), proposed by the Chair, brought up, read the first and second time, and agreed to.
The Government’s response to the Eighth Report from the Committee in Session 2009–10 was appended to the Report.
Resolved, That the Report be the First Special Report of the Committee to the House.
Ordered, That the Chair make the Report to the House.
3. Main Estimates for financial year 2010-11
Ordered, That Estimates Memoranda supplied by the Department for Education and relating to Main Estimates for the financial year 2010-11 for the Department for Education and for the Teachers’ Pension Scheme be reported to the House for publication on the Internet.
4. Education and schools
The Committee discussed this matter.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 27 July at 9.15 am
Tuesday 27 July 2010
Members present
Mr Graham Stuart, in the Chair
Conor Burns Charlotte Leslie Nic Dakin Ian Mearns Pat Glass Tessa Munt Damian Hinds Lisa Nandy Liz Kendall Craig Whittaker
1. Building Schools for the Future and the Department’s future capital spending
Mr Tim Byles CBE, Chief Executive, Partnerships for Schools, gave oral evidence.
The Rt Hon. Ed Balls MP gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 28 July at 9.15 am
Wednesday 28 July 2010
Members present
Mr Graham Stuart, in the Chair
Conor Burns Charlotte Leslie Nic Dakin Ian Mearns Pat Glass Tessa Munt Damian Hinds Lisa Nandy Liz Kendall Craig Whittaker
1. First Youth World Legislative Forum, Mexico City, 25 – 27 August 2010
Resolved, That the Chair have leave to visit Mexico City in August to attend the First Youth World Legislative Forum in a representative capacity.
2. Specialist Advisers to the Committee
Ordered, That Professor Alan Smithers and Professor Geoff Whitty be appointed as Specialist Advisers to the Committee in matters relating to education and schools.
3. Future programme
Resolved, That the Committee inquire into behaviour and discipline in schools.
Resolved, That the Committee inquire into the role and performance of Ofsted.
Resolved, That the Committee take oral evidence on safeguarding of children.
4. The responsibilities of the Secretary of State for Education
The Rt Hon Michael Gove MP, Secretary of State for Education, and Mr David Bell, Permanent Secretary, Department for Education, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 8 September at 9.15 am
Wednesday 25 August – Friday 27 August
The Chair visited Mexico City to attend the First Youth World Legislative Forum in a representative capacity, in accordance with the Committee’s decision of 28 July
Wednesday 8 September 2010
Members present
Mr Graham Stuart, in the Chair
Conor Burns Charlotte Leslie Nic Dakin Ian Mearns Pat Glass Tessa Munt Damian Hinds Lisa Nandy Liz Kendall Craig Whittaker
1. Future programme
The Committee discussed this matter.
2. Children’s services
The Committee discussed this matter.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 15 September at 9.00 am
Wednesday 15 September 2010
Members present
Mr Graham Stuart, in the Chair
Nic Dakin Ian Mearns Damian Hinds Tessa Munt Liz Kendall Lisa Nandy Charlotte Leslie
1. Specialist Advisers: declaration of interests
Resolved, That the Committee take note of interests declared by Professor Alan Smithers and Professor Geoff Whitty. (For details of declaration of interests, see Appendix 2.)
2. Future programme
Resolved, That the Committee take oral evidence on the forthcoming Green Paper on special educational needs.
Resolved, That the Committee take oral evidence on the forthcoming White Paper on education.
Resolved, That the Committee take oral evidence on future policy relating to looked-after children.
3. Behaviour and discipline in schools
Resolved, That the Committee visit New Woodlands School, Downham, Bromley, in connection with the inquiry.
4. Child safeguarding
Sharon Shoesmith, former Director of Children’s Services, gave oral evidence.
Dr Maggie Atkinson Children’s Commissioner for England, Colin Green, safeguarding spokesman, Association of Directors of Children’s Services, and Professor Frank Furedi, Professor of Sociology, University of Kent, gave oral evidence.
Tim Loughton MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Children, and Dr Jeanette Pugh, Director, Safeguarding Group, Department for Education, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 13 October at 9.15 am
Wednesday 13 October 2010
Members present
Mr Graham Stuart, in the Chair
Nic Dakin Tessa Munt Damian Hinds Lisa Nandy Charlotte Leslie Craig Whittaker
1. The Early Years Single Funding Formula: Government response
Draft Special Report (The Early Years Single Funding Formula: Government Response to the Children, Schools and Families Committee’s Seventh Report of Session 2009-10), proposed by the Chair, brought up, read the first and second time, and agreed to.
The Government’s response to the Seventh Report from the Committee in Session 2009-10 was appended to the Report.
Resolved, That the Report be the Second Special Report of the Committee to the House.
Ordered, That the Chair make the Report to the House.
2. Transforming Education outside the Classroom: Government response
Draft Special Report (Transforming Education outside the Classroom: Government Response to the Children, Schools and Families Committee’s Sixth Report of Session 2009-10), proposed by the Chair, brought up, read the first and second time, and agreed to. The Government’s response to the Sixth Report from the Committee in Session 2009-10 was appended to the Report.
Resolved, That the Report be the Third Special Report of the Committee to the House.
Ordered, That the Chair make the Report to the House.
3. Behaviour and discipline in schools
Ordered, That Dr John Dunford and Mr Nick Peacey be appointed as Specialist Advisers to the Committee for its inquiry into Behaviour and Discipline in Schools.
4. Behaviour and discipline in schools
Kate Fallon, General Secretary, Association of Educational Psychologists, Professor Pam Maras, Honorary General Secretary, British Psychological Society, Professor Carl Parsons, University of Greenwich, David Moore CBE, and Tom Burkard, Visiting Fellow, University of Buckingham, gave oral evidence.
Christine Blower, General Secretary, National Union of Teachers, Dr Patrick Roach, Deputy General Secretary, NASUWT, Dr Mary Bousted, General Secretary, Association of Teachers and Lecturers, and Ian Toone, Senior Professional Officer, Voice the Union, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 20 October at 9.00am
Tuesday 19 October
The Chair, Nic Dakin, Pat Glass, Damian Hinds, Charlotte Leslie, Tessa Munt, Craig Whittaker, the Committee Clerk and Committee Specialist visited New Woodlands School, Downham, Bromley, in connection with the Committee’s inquiry into Behaviour and Discipline in Schools, in accordance with the Committee’s decision of 15 September.
Wednesday 20 October 2010
Members present
Mr Graham Stuart, in the Chair
Nic Dakin Ian Mearns Pat Glass Tessa Munt Damian Hinds Craig Whittaker Charlotte Leslie
1. Future programme
Resolved, That the Committee inquire into services for young people.
2. Behaviour and discipline in schools
Sir Alan Steer, Chair, Practitioners Group on School Behaviour and Discipline, gave oral evidence.
Sue Bainbridge, Programme Lead, Behaviour and School Partnerships, National Stategies, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 27 October at 9.15 am
Wednesday 27 October 2010
Members present
Mr Graham Stuart, in the Chair
Nic Dakin Ian Mearns Pat Glass Tessa Munt Damian Hinds Craig Whittaker
1. Public petition: Education Maintenance Allowance
The Committee considered the petition to the House presented by Mary Creagh MP concerning Education Maintenance Allowance.
2. Services for young people
Resolved, That the Committee hold an online consultation with young people in connection with the inquiry.
3. Behaviour and discipline in schools
Resolved, That the Committee visit Leicester in connection with the inquiry into Behaviour and discipline in schools. Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Behaviour and Discipline in Schools be reported to the House for publication on the internet:
DEA John Bangs Zacchaeus 2000 Trust Alison Peacock, Cambridge Primary Review and The Wroxham Primary School, Potters Bar, Hertfordshire Professor Stephen Gorard National Union of Teachers (NUT) Demos Jeff Hardman, Director, European Education Consultants Ltd Incorporated Society of Musicians Dr Sue Roffey Jackie Deasy Dr Simon Gibbs The Adolescent and Children’s Trust (TACT) Dr Jeremy Swinson Dominic Boddington, Respect4us John Corrigan, Director, Group 8 Education David Wright Professor David Foxcroft, Professor of Community Psychology and Public Health, Oxford Brookes University Helen Earl, Educational Psychology and Behaviour Support Team Children’s Services, Cumbria County Council Dr Richard Crombie, Specialist Senior Educational Psychologist: Social and Emotional Development Edison Learning Food For Life Partnership Fiona Wallace, Head of Behaviour Support Service, Link Centre The National Association of Social Workers in Education (NASWE) Office of the Children’s Commissioner for England National Children’s Bureau Institute of Education National Association of Head Teachers Association of School and College Leaders YoungMinds Liz Vickerie, Head of Support for Learning, and Kerrigen Marriner, Head of Behaviour Support, London Borough of Tower Hamlets SHS Rob Gasson, Senior Manager, Additional Education Provision, Children, Schools and Families, Cornwall County Council Research in Practice Youth Justice Board for England and Wales Joint Epilepsy Council Croydon Department of Children, Young People and Learners Department for Education British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy TreeHouse Telford & Wrekin and Shropshire Educational Psychology Service The Association of Directors of Children’s Services Ltd (ADCS) Granada Learning Children’s Food Campaign Oxfordshire County Council 46 The Runnymede Trust Marlborough Family Education Service I CAN Association of Teachers and Lecturers The Association of Education Psychologists NASUWT School Food Trust Teacher Support Network Special Educational Consortium Kent County Council 56 Centre for Studies on Inclusive Education Buckinghamshire County Council West Sussex Educational Psychology Service Pearson Anti-Bullying Alliance National Governors’ Association Children’s Rights Alliance The National Autistic Society Southampton Psychology Service, Southampton City Council Voice: the Union for Education Professionals Barnardo’s Advisory Centre for Education Paul Bird NFER Birmingham Educational Psychology Service Ofsted National Strategies Dr Heather Geddes, UKCP Reg Educational Psychotherapist, The Caspari Foundation Parentline Plus The British Psychological Society Supplementary memorandum submitted by the British Psychological Society Tom Burkard 78 Carl Parsons, Visiting Professor of Educational and Social Inclusion, Centre for Children, Schools and Families, University of Greenwich Catch22 ContinYou Dr David L Moore CBE Youth Sport Trust Anita Kerwin-Nye, Director, The Communication Trust
4. Behaviour and discipline in schools
Russell Hobby, General Secretary, National Association of Head Teachers, Mike Griffiths, Head, Northampton School for Boys, Gillian Allcroft, Policy Manager, National Governors’ Association and Charlie Taylor, Headteacher, Willows Primary Special School and acting Headteacher of Chant Secondary Special School, Hillingdon, gave oral evidence.
John Dickinson-Lilley, Vice-Chair, Special Educational Consortium, Jane Vaughan, Director of Education, National Autistic Society, Paula Lavis, Policy and Knowledge Manager, YoungMinds and Virginia Beardshaw, Chief Executive, I Can, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 3 November at 9.15 am
Wednesday 3 November 2010
Members present
Mr Graham Stuart, in the Chair
Neil Carmichael Ian Mearns Nic Dakin Tessa Munt Bill Esterson Lisa Nandy Damian Hinds Craig Whittaker Charlotte Leslie
1. Declaration of interests
Neil Carmichael and Bill Esterson declared their interests, in accordance with the Resolution of the House of 13 July 1992 (see Appendix 1).
2. The role and performance of Ofsted
Ordered, That David Moore CBE and Dame Denise Platt DBE be appointed as Specialist Advisers to the Committee for its inquiry into the role and performance of Ofsted.
3. Written evidence Ordered, That witnesses who submit written evidence to the Committee are authorised to publish it on their own account in accordance with Standing Order No. 135, subject always to the discretion of the Chair or where the Committee otherwise orders.
4. Future programme
Resolved, That the Committee inquire into the settlement for the Department for Education under the Comprehensive Spending Review.
5. The role and performance of Ofsted
Maurice Smith CB, former HMCI, Ofsted, Sir Mike Tomlinson, former HMCI, Ofsted, David Sherlock CBE, former Chief Inspector of Adult Learning, and Lord Sutherland of Houndwood KT, former Chief Inspector of Schools, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 10 November at 9.15 am
Wednesday 10 November 2010
Members present
Mr Graham Stuart, in the Chair
Neil Carmichael Charlotte Leslie Nic Dakin Ian Mearns Bill Esterson Lisa Nandy Pat Glass Craig Whittaker Damian Hinds
1. Role and performance of Ofsted and Services for young people
Resolved, That the Committee visit Finland and Germany early in 2011 in connection with its inquiries into the role and performance of Ofsted and services for young people, and that the Chair seek the approval of the Liaison Committee for expenditure in connection with the visit.
2. Role and performance of Ofsted
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to the Role and Performance of Ofsted be reported to the House for publication on the internet:
London School of Islamics Sue Allen Dr Steve Austin Ruth Welsh Liz Rook D Baird, Headteacher, Nafferton Primary School Bob Prince M.A. Mike Bostock, New Media Learning Sheelagh Webster David Singleton OBE, former HM Inspector Landex DEA Shirley Finch CASCAiD Emeritus Professor Malyn Newitt National Association of Independent Schools and Non-Maintained Special Schools (NASS) Christopher Thomson, Principal, Brighton Hove & Sussex Sixth Form College Daycare Trust Chailey Heritage School Jonathan Prest, Principal of Barton Peveril Sixth Form College Dr John Oversby Martin Brader David Wright Frank Shore Incorporated Society of Musicians Michael Bassey Paul Carvin, Head of Raising Achievement Service, Gateshead Council Staffordshire County Council Jonathon Godfrey, Principal, Hereford Sixth Form College The Howard League for Penal Reform Governors of Heaton Manor School, Newcastle upon Tyne Newcastle College Group British Humanist Association Kidsunlimited Barnardo’s Essex County Council Early Years and Childcare Independent Association of Prep Schools (IAPS) Mr and Mrs Dominic Williams National Primary Heads Governing body and stakeholders of a faith based primary school SkillsActive Sense National Childminding Association The Universities’ Council for the Education of Teachers Trade Union Side (TUS) at Ofsted The Fostering Network The Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA) The Independent Schools Association Sixth Form Colleges’ Forum Association of National Specialist Colleges, Natspec The Nationwide Association of Fostering Providers Westminster City Council National Children’s Bureau (NCB) Buckinghamshire County Council Tony Lau-Walker, Chief Executive of Eastleigh College and Chair of the Windsor Group of Colleges The Royal Society of Chemistry The Advisory Committee of Mathematics Education Wandsworth Council Rebecca Allen, Institute of Education, University of London and Simon Burgess, CMPO, University of Bristol NSPCC A+ Education Ltd The National Foundation for Educational Research Sam Preston Play England Ofsted British Association of Social Workers Boarding Schools’ Association and the State Boarding Schools’ Association SCORE Special Educational Consortium Napo Stonewall Food For Life Partnership National Association of Head Teachers Recruitment and Employment Confederation General Social Care Council National Union of Teachers Association of Colleges Association of School and College Leaders Voice: the Union for Education Professionals HMC National Deaf Children’s Society (NDCS) The Association for Science Education National Governors Association Association of Governors of Independent Schools (AGBIS). Save the Children Independent Children’s Homes Association Centre for Studies on Inclusive Education Granada Learning Association for Tutors in Science Education Care Quality Commission General Teaching Council for England NASUWT Association of Directors of Children’s Services Oxfordshire County Council Children’s Food Campaign Institute of Physics Carrie Dunne Mrs Carole Thomson Angela Cross-Durrant CfBT, Tribal and Serco Association of Teacher and Lecturers Lancashire County Councillor John Shedwick Ann Coffey MP National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA) Girls’ Schools Association (GSA) Local Government Group Department for Education Institute of Education, University of London East Riding of Yorkshire Council Reading Borough Council Alan Quinn School Food Trust South East Association of the Directors of Children’s Services John Riley
3. Role and performance of Ofsted
Baroness Perry of Southwark, Chief Inspector of Schools 1981-96, Professor Tony Kelly, University of Southampton and Lynn Jackson, Headteacher, Chesterton Community Sports College, Newcastle-under-Lyme, gave oral evidence.
Emma Knights, Chief Executive, National Governors’ Association, Lesley Gannon, Assistant Secretary (Policy), National Association of Head Teachers and Jan Webber, Inspections Officer, Association of School and College Leaders, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 17 November at 9.15 am
Thursday 11 November
The Chair, Nic Dakin, Bill Esterson, Damian Hinds, Tessa Munt, Craig Whittaker, the Committee Clerk, Committee Specialist and two Specialist Advisers visited Beaumont Leys School, Leicester, in accordance with the Committee’s decision of 27 October.
Wednesday 17 November 2010
Members present
Mr Graham Stuart, in the Chair
Neil Carmichael Charlotte Leslie Nic Dakin Ian Mearns Bill Esterson Tessa Munt Pat Glass Lisa Nandy Damian Hinds Craig Whittaker
1. Role and performance of Ofsted
Resolved, That the Committee take note of interests declared by Mr Nick Peacey and Dr John Dunford. (For details of declaration of interests, see Appendix 2.)
2. Behaviour and discipline in schools
Resolved, That evidence to be given by witnesses on Wednesday 1 December be taken in private.
Katherine Birbalsingh, Sue Cowley, educational author, trainer and presenter, Paul Dix, Director of Pivotal Education Ltd, Daisy Christodolou, Teach First Ambassador, and Tom Trust, former elected member for secondary sector, General Teaching Council for England, gave oral evidence.
Mr Nick Gibb MP, Minister of State, Department for Education, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 23 November at 9.15 am
Tuesday 23 November 2010
Members present
Mr Graham Stuart, in the Chair
Neil Carmichael Charlotte Leslie Nic Dakin Ian Mearns Pat Glass Tessa Munt Damian Hinds
1. General Teaching Council for England
Resolved, That the Committee visit the Birmingham offices of the General Teaching Council for England.
2. The Spending Review settlement for the Department for Education
Matt Dunkley, Director of Children’s Services, East Sussex County Council & Vice President, Association of Directors of Children’s Services, Hazel Cunningham, Assistant Director, Resources, Children’s Services, East Sussex County Council, Debbie Jones, Director of Children’s Services, Lambeth Borough Council & Chair of Association of Directors of Children’s Services’ Resources and Sustainability Policy Committee, and Farrukh Akbar, Divisional Director, Resources and Strategy, Children’s Services, Lambeth Borough Council, gave oral evidence.
Martin Narey, Chief Executive, Barnardo’s, David Seward, Chief Executive, Berkshire Association of Clubs for Young People, and Bernadette Duffy OBE, Head, Thomas Coram Children’s Centre, Camden, gave oral evidence.
Martin Tune, Head, Bonner Primary School, Tower Hamlets, Anthony Withell, Head, Wootton Upper School, Bedford, Sally Coates, Head, Burlington Danes Academy, Hammersmith and Fulham, and Dave Linnell OBE, Chief Executive and Principal, Cornwall College, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 24 November at 9.15 am
Wednesday 24 November 2010
Members present
Mr Graham Stuart, in the Chair
Neil Carmichael Ian Mearns Nic Dakin Tessa Munt Bill Esterson Lisa Nandy Pat Glass Craig Whittaker Damien Hinds
1. Declaration of interests
Bill Esterson declared an interest, in accordance with the Resolution of the House of 13 July 1992 (see Appendix 1).
2. Role and performance of Ofsted
Resolved, That the Committee take note of an interest declared by Dame Denise Platt, specialist adviser to the inquiry into the role and performance of Ofsted. (For details of declaration of interests, see Appendix 2.)
3. Role and performance of Ofsted
Professor Chris Husbands, Director-Designate, Institute of Education, Professor Nick Foskett, Vice-Chancellor, Keele University, Lesley Davies, Assistant Chief Executive, Association of Colleges, and Asha Khemka OBE, Principal and Chief Executive, West Nottinghamshire College, gave oral evidence.
Christine Ryan, Chief Inspector, Independent Schools Inspectorate, Dr John Dunford OBE, Educational Consultant, Anastasia de Waal, Deputy Director (Research) and Director of Family and Education, Civitas, and Professor Chris Chapman, Professor of Education, University of Manchester, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 1 December at 9.15 am
Tuesday 30 November
The Chair, Nic Dakin, Tessa Munt, Craig Whittaker and the Committee Clerk visited the General Teaching Council England, Birmingham, in accordance with the Committee’s decision of 23 November.
Wednesday 1 December 2010
Members present
Mr Graham Stuart, in the Chair
Neil Carmichael Charlotte Leslie Nic Dakin Ian Mearns Bill Esterson Tessa Munt Pat Glass Craig Whittaker Damian Hinds
1. Winter Supplementary Estimates for financial year 2010/11: Department for Education and Teachers’ Pension Scheme
Ordered, That the Estimates memoranda relating to the Winter Supplementary Estimates for financial year 2010-11 laid on behalf of the Department for Education and the Teachers’ Pension Scheme be reported to the House for publication on the Internet.
2. Specialist Advisers
Resolved, That the Committee appoint Mr Tony Travers as a Specialist Adviser on expenditure matters.
Resolved, That the Committee take note of interests declared by David Moore and Dame Denise Platt, specialist advisers to the inquiry into the role and performance of Ofsted. (For details of declaration of interests, see Appendix 2.)
3. Training for school staff
Resolved, That the Chair, Tessa Munt and the Committee Clerk have leave to visit Ham in a representative capacity, to observe a training programme for school staff in building children’s resilience, delivered by the charity YoungMinds.
4. Future programme
The Committee discussed this matter.
5. Behaviour and discipline in Schools
The Committee discussed this matter. Bill Gribble, Behaviour Management Trainer, Andrew Winton, Manager, Voice of Young People, London Borough of Havering, representing National Association of Social Workers in Education, Jacquie Nunn, Director of Improvement and Training, Training and Development Agency for Schools, and Dr John Dunford OBE, Educational Consultant, gave oral evidence.
In accordance with the decision of the Committee on Wednesday 17 November, this evidence was taken in private.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 8 December at 9.15 am
Tuesday 7 December
The Chair, Tessa Munt and Committee Clerk visited Ham to observe training for school staff run by the charity YoungMinds, in accordance with the Committee’s decision of 1 December.
Wednesday 8 December 2010
Members present
Mr Graham Stuart, in the Chair
Neil Carmichael Charlotte Leslie Nic Dakin Ian Mearns Pat Glass Tessa Munt Damian Hinds Lisa Nandy
1. Future programme
The Committee discussed this matter.
2. Role and performance of Ofsted
Anthony Douglas CBE, Chief Executive, CAFCASS, Eleanor Schooling, Director of Children’s Services, Islington, Professor Nick Frost, Leeds Metropolitan University, and Councillor David Simmonds, Deputy Leader of the Council, London Borough of Hillingdon (representing Local Government Association), gave oral evidence. Jonathan Stanley, Principal Officer, National Children’s Bureau Residential Child Care, Robert Tapsfield, Chief Executive, The Fostering Network, Kate Groucutt, Policy Director, The Daycare Trust, and Sue Kent, Professional Officer (England), British Association of Social Workers, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Tuesday14 December at 9.15 am
Tuesday 14 December 2010
Members present
Mr Graham Stuart, in the Chair
Neil Carmichael Damian Hinds Nic Dakin Ian Mearns Bill Esterson Tessa Munt Pat Glass Lisa Nandy
1. The Spending Review settlement for the Department for Education, and Schools White Paper 2010
Rt Hon Michael Gove MP, Secretary of State for Education, and David Bell, Permanent Secretary, Department for Education, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 15 December at 9.15 am
Wednesday 15 December 2010
Members present
Mr Graham Stuart, in the Chair
Neil Carmichael Ian Mearns Nic Dakin Tessa Munt Damian Hinds Craig Whittaker Charlotte Leslie
1. The Spending Review settlement for the Department for Education, and Schools White Paper 2010 Resolved, That the Committee publish the letter of 13 December from the Secretary of State to the Committee Chair, on education finance.
2. Future programme
The Committee discussed this matter.
3. Looked-after children
Dr Roger Morgan OBE, Children’s Rights Director for England, Maxine Wrigley, Chief Executive, A National Voice, David Holmes, Chief Executive, British Association for Adoption and Fostering, and Jon Fayle, Chair, National Association of Independent Reviewing Officers, gave oral evidence.
Tim Loughton MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Education, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 12 January at 9.15 am
Wednesday 12 January 2011
Members present
Mr Graham Stuart, in the Chair
Neil Carmichael Ian Mearns Nic Dakin Tessa Munt Pat Glass Lisa Nandy Charlotte Leslie Craig Whittaker
1. Winter Supplementary Estimates for financial year 2010/11: Department for Education and Teachers’ Pension Scheme
Resolved, That the Committee publish on the Internet a letter from the Permanent Secretary at the Department for Education, dated 13 December 2010, relating to the Winter Supplementary Estimates for financial year 2010-11 for the Department for Education and for the Teachers’ Pension Scheme.
2. Role and performance of Ofsted Resolved, That the Committee hold an informal meeting, in private, with serving and retired Ofsted inspectors.
Carol Glover, Head of Inspections, CfBT Education Trust, Tony Stainer, Director of Inspections, Serco, and Janet Tomlinson, Managing Director of Inspections, Tribal Group, gave oral evidence.
Christine Gilbert CBE, Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education, Children’s Services and Skills, Lorna Fitzjohn, Interim Director, Development, Learning and Skills, John Goldup, Director, Development and Social Care, and Patrick Leeson, Director, Development, Education and Care, Ofsted, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 19 January at 9.15 am
Wednesday 19 January 2011
Members present
Mr Graham Stuart, in the Chair
Neil Carmichael Charlotte Leslie Nic Dakin Ian Mearns Bill Esterson Tessa Munt Pat Glass Lisa Nandy Damian Hinds Craig Whittaker
1. Services for young people
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to services for young people be reported to the House for publication on the Internet:
Phil Davies Chris James, Director, Inspired Youth Claire Walker Hollie Hutchings, Youth and Community Worker Sound Connections Baljeet Singh Gill Rick Bowler, Senior Lecturer, Community and Youth Studies, University of Sunderland Mrs Gill M Dixon UK Youth Simon Gillard, Area Youth Worker, Devon County Council Middlesbrough IYSS Catch 22 Tom Wylie Ofsted Frontier Youth Trust Supplementary Frontier Youth Trust Mandy Kelly Janet Batsleer School Library Association School Library Association (Annex A) Institute of Education Sue Robertson Bernard Davies CYNfP Doug Nicholls National Union of Teachers Community, Youth Workers and Nor for Profit Sector, Unite the Union Scouts Association UNITE / CYWU Hampshire Branch Children and Young People's Service, Buckinghamshire County Council Steve Davies The Challenge Network North of England Activities and Training John Paxton, Head of Integrated Youth Support Service, Leeds City Council Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals Rochdale Borough Youth Service Partnership for Young London Girlguiding UK Voscur, Bristol Youth Federation Confederation of Heads of Young People’s Services Youth Support Service of Enfield Council Hartlepool Integrated Youth Support Service, Hartlepool Borough Council In Defence of Youth Work, London and South East Region Jane Melvin Dyspraxia Foundation Tim Eyres and Martyn Livermore IYSS VCFS forum in Leeds South East Team of North Tyneside Council Youth and Connexions Services Dr Helen Jones, on behalf of the School of Education and Professional Development, University of Huddersfield Mentoring and Befriending Foundation Young Minds John Huskins Regional Youth Work Unit at Learning South West Regional Youth Work Unit at Learning South West (Annex A) RSPB University of the First Age Relate Worcestershire Council for Voluntary Youth Services Youth Service in County Durham The Federation for Detached Youth Work West Midlands Regional Youth Work Unit REEMAP UNISON In Defence of Youth Work IYS Team, Luton Borough Council David Ricketts Paul McHugh NAYCEO Bradford Expedition Leaders Association UNITE, Devon Branch, Youth and Community and Not for Profit Sector CYWU / UNITE Birmingham Somerset County Council Graham Griffiths The Salmon Youth Centre in Bermondsey Kent and Medway NAYCEO Children and Young People’s Mental Health Coalition Association of Colleges National Youth Agency Railway Children Luton Borough Council Essex County Council Secretariat, TAG: The Professional Association of Lecturers in Youth and Community Work Children’s Workforce Development Council Bradford Youth Service The Youth and Community Development Team, Bradford College DEA and Oxfam Youth Workers in Croydon Youth Work Stakeholders Group Philip Moore, CYSU Luton Branch Secretary Rugby Football Union Linzi Neal Mayor of London British Youth Council Youth Work Unit for Yorkshire and the Humber Trevor Hutchinson Staffordshire County Council Lifelong Learning UK Community Matters The National Trust Inner City Project, Newcastle upon Tyne Karen Badlan Youth Support and Development Service of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Liverpool Youth and Play Service East Riding of Yorkshire Council Department for Education Lancaster County Council Gordon L Lewis Youth and Community Division, De Montfort University Medway Youth Service Kirklees Youth People’s Service Kent Youth Service Devon Youth Service Hertfordshire County Council The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award In-volve Open Engineering Solutions Karen Morgan 4Children Sense Council for Disabled Children Dr Simon Bradford, on behalf of academics at Brunel University in the professional education of youth and community workers Action for Children Joint submission from Barnardo's, Catch22, Groundwork, Fairbridge, The Foyer Federation, Princes Trust and Rathbone FPM Youth Access Children England 7KS Clubs for Young People V Warwickshire Association of Youth Clubs CoMusica National Council for Voluntary Youth Services Museums and Libraries Archives National Federation for Youth Music Roy Smith, Strood Youth Centre Linda Jack Changemakers Haringey Council Community and Youth Workers in Unite, Surrey Branch Group of lecturers, youth and community work, Leeds Metropolitan University Mencap The Association of Senior Children’s and Education Librarians Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council Youth Justice Board for England and Wales
2. Behaviour and discipline in schools (Draft Report)
The Committee discussed this matter.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 26 January at 9.15 am
Wednesday 26 January 2011
Members present
Mr Graham Stuart, in the Chair
Neil Carmichael Charlotte Leslie Nic Dakin Ian Mearns Bill Esterson Tessa Munt Pat Glass Lisa Nandy Damian Hinds Craig Whittaker
1. Sure Start children’s centres: Government response
Draft Special Report (Sure Start children’s centres: Government Response to the Fifth Report of the Children, Schools and Families Committee, Session 2009-10), proposed by the Chair, brought up, read the first and second time, and agreed to.
The Government’s response to the Fifth Report from the Children, Schools and Families Committee in Session 2009-10 was appended to the Report.
Resolved, That the Report be the Fourth Special Report of the Committee to the House.
Ordered, That the Chair make the Report to the House.
2. Services for young people
Ordered, That Mr Tom Wylie be appointed as Specialist Adviser to the Committee for its inquiry into services for young people.
Resolved, That that Committee run an online forum to seek the views of young people in connection with its inquiry into Services for young people.
Liam Preston, Young Chair, British Youth Council, Charlotte Hill, Chief Executive, UK Youth, Susanne Rauprich, Chief Executive, National Council for Voluntary Youth Services, and Fiona Blacke, Chief Executive, National Youth Agency, gave oral evidence. 3. Behaviour and Discipline in Schools
Draft Report (Behaviour and Discipline in Schools), proposed by the Chair, brought up and read.
The draft Report was agreed to; the Formal Minutes relating to the consideration of the Report are published in the First Report of the Committee, HC 516-I.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 2 February at 9.15 am
Wednesday 2 February 2011
Members present
Mr Graham Stuart, in the Chair
Neil Carmichael Charlotte Leslie Nic Dakin Ian Mearns Pat Glass Tessa Munt Damian Hinds Craig Whittaker
1. Public petitions
The Committee considered petitions to the House presented by Angela Eagle MP, Luciana Berger MP, Nicky Morgan MP, Rachel Reeves MP, Sharon Hodgson MP and Valerie Vaz MP concerning the Education Maintenance Allowance and funding for further education.
2. Future programme
The Committee discussed this matter.
3. Education finance
The Committee discussed this matter.
4. Chief Schools Adjudicator’s Annual Report 2010
Dr Ian Craig, Chief Schools Adjudicator, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 9 February at 9.15 am
Wednesday 9 February 2011
Members present
Mr Graham Stuart, in the Chair
Neil Carmichael Tessa Munt Nic Dakin Lisa Nandy Damian Hinds
1. The English Baccalaureate
Resolved, That the Committee inquire into the English Baccalaureate.
2. Services for young people
Resolved, That the Committee take note of interests declared by Tom Wylie, specialist adviser to the inquiry into Services for young people. (For details of declaration of interests, see Appendix 2.)
Jason Stacey, Head of Policy, Media and Research, YMCA England, Derek Twine CBE, Chief Executive, The Scout Association, Meg Hudson, Beaver Scout Leader, The Scout Association, Mark Blundell OBE, Executive Director, Salmon Youth Centre, and Rebecca Salawu, Centre User, Salmon Youth Centre, gave oral evidence.
Ginny Lunn, Director of Policy and Development, The Prince’s Trust, Amy Kirkman, Young Ambassador, The Prince’s Trust, John Loughton, Parliamentary Manager, Fairbridge, Nick Wilkie, Chief Executive, London Youth, and Jas Hothi, Sports Development Officer, London Youth, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 2 March at 9.15 am
Tuesday 15 – Friday 18 February
The Chair, Neil Carmichael, Nic Dakin, Ian Mearns, Lisa Nandy, the Second Clerk and Committee Specialist visited Germany and Finland, in accordance with the Committee’s decision of 10 November 2010.
Wednesday 2 March 2011
Members present
Mr Graham Stuart, in the Chair
Neil Carmichael Charlotte Leslie Nic Dakin Tessa Munt Pat Glass Lisa Nandy Damian Hinds Craig Whittaker
1. Spring Supplementary Estimates for financial year 2010-11
Ordered, That the Estimates memoranda relating to the Spring Supplementary Estimates for financial year 2010-11 laid on behalf of the Department for Education, the Teachers’ Pension Scheme and the Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills, be reported to the House for publication on the Internet.
2. Role and performance of Ofsted
Lord Hill of Oareford CBE, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Schools, and Tim Loughton MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Children and Families, Department for Education, gave oral evidence.
3. Role and performance of Ofsted
The Committee discussed this matter.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 9 March at 9.15 am
Wednesday 9 March 2011
Members present
Mr Graham Stuart, in the Chair
Neil Carmichael Charlotte Leslie Nic Dakin Ian Mearns Bill Esterson Tessa Munt Pat Glass Craig Whittaker Damian Hinds
1. Public petition: Branfil Primary School, Upminster The Committee considered the petition to the House presented by Angela Watkinson MP concerning Branfil Primary School, Upminster.
2. Future programme
The Committee discussed this matter.
3. Services for young people
Resolved, That the Committee visit youth services in the North West of England in connection with this inquiry.
Janet Batsleer, Head of Youth and Community Work Studies, Manchester Metropolitan University, Dr Howard Williamson CBE, Professor of European Youth Policy, University of Glamorgan, Dr Jason Wood, Head of Research, Youth and Community Division, De Montfort University, and Tony Gallagher, HMI National Adviser (Youth Support), Ofsted, gave oral evidence.
David Wright, Chief Executive, Confederation of Heads of Young People’s Services, Harry Fowler, Head of Youth Services, Birmingham City Council, Garath Symonds, Head of Youth Services, Surrey County Council, and Brendan O’Keefe, Head of Youth Services, Kensington and Chelsea Borough Council, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 16 March at 9.15 am
Wednesday 16 March 2011
Members present
Mr Graham Stuart, in the Chair
Neil Carmichael Ian Mearns Nic Dakin Tessa Munt Pat Glass Lisa Nandy Damian Hinds Craig Whittaker Charlotte Leslie
1. 16 – 19 participation in education and training Mick Fletcher, independent research consultant, Mark Corney, independent research consultant, and Haroon Chowdry, Senior Research Economist, Institute for Fiscal Studies, gave oral evidence.
Ian MacNaughton, Principal, The Sixth Form College, Colchester, Dr Elaine McMahon CBE, Chief Executive and Principal, Hull College Group, David Lawrence, Principal, Easton College, Jane Machell, Principal, Alton College, and David Wood, Principal and Chief Executive, Lancaster and Morecambe College, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 22 March at 2.00 pm
Tuesday 22 March 2011
Members present
Mr Graham Stuart, in the Chair
Nic Dakin Ian Mearns Pat Glass Tessa Munt Damian Hinds Craig Whittaker Charlotte Leslie
1. The English Baccalaureate
Matt Brady, Assistant Headteacher, Tile Hill Wood School & College, Coventry, Andrew Chubb, Principal, Archbishop Sentamu Academy, Hull, Caroline Jordan, Headmistress, St George’s School, Ascot and Chair, Education Committee, Girls’ School Association, and Hugh O’Neill, Headteacher, St Benedict’s Catholic School, Bury St Edmunds, gave oral evidence.
Professor Les Ebdon CBE, Chair of Student, Quality, Participation Policy Network, Universities UK and Vice Chancellor, University of Bedfordshire, Chris Morecroft, President, Association of Colleges, David Bell, Chief Corporate Development Officer, JC Bamford Excavators Ltd, and Susan Anderson, Director of Public Services and Skills, Confederation of British Industry, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 23 March at 9.15 am
Wednesday 23 March 2011
Members present
Mr Graham Stuart, in the Chair
Neil Carmichael Ian Mearns Nic Dakin Tessa Munt Bill Esterson Lisa Nandy Damian Hinds Craig Whittaker Charlotte Leslie
1. Public petitions
The Committee considered petitions to the House presented by Keith Vaz MP, Sir Peter Soulsby MP and Liz Kendall MP concerning Education Maintenance Allowance; by Chris Ruane MP concerning child protection; by Tony Cunningham MP concerning terms and conditions for teaching assistants; by Stephen Williams MP concerning East Bristol Youth Inclusion programme; and by Robert Syms MP concerning school refurbishment.
2. Participation by 16-19 year olds in education and training
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Participation by 16-19 year olds in education and training be reported to the House for publication on the Internet:
Mrs K Cleave Sue Ballard Mrs Sam Newman-McKie Careers South West Limited Ms F Hegarty, Headteacher, Saint John Fisher Catholic College Audit Commission Young Nottingham Select Committee, Nottingham City Council Catholic Education Service for England and Wales NFER National Union of Teachers OCR ASCL A4e 157 Group Advisory Committee on Mathematics Education (ACME) LEACAN Semta Fiona Nicholson, Home Education Consultant Devon County Council 14+ Learning and Skills Strategic Team London Councils University and College Union (UCU) City of York Council’s 14-19 Team Leeds 11-19 (25) Learning and Support Partnership Merseyside Colleges Association of Principals City of York Council’s Labour Group Coventry, Solihull and Warwickshire Partnership Hertfordshire Strategic Area Partnership Group Action for Children Centrepoint BSix, Brooke House Sixth Form College National Association of Student Money Advisers Stoke-On-Trent Children and Young People’s Services National Association of Head Teachers Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals Transition Information Network and Skill NASUWT The Foyer Federation Helen Roper Platform 51 Private Equity Foundation Campaign to save the EMA Cumbria County Council 14-19 Support Team Fern-Chantele Carter Peterborough City Council Local Authority 8-19 Service Central London Connexions Fairbridge and The Prince’s Trust London Borough of Newham, Newvic (Newham Sixth Form College) and Newham College of Further Education Association of Teachers and Lecturers South Thames College Save EMA Campaign Alliance for Inclusive Education (ALLFIE) The Children’s Society Mr Abdulhaq Bismallah, Parent and Parent Governor of BSix, Sixth Form College, Hackney Barnardo’s National Union of Students Training and Development Agency for Schools Jules Pipe, Mayor of Hackney, on behalf of the London Borough of Hackney
3. Future programme
The Committee discussed this matter.
4. Role and performance of Ofsted
Draft Report (The role and performance of Ofsted), proposed by the Chair, brought up and read. The draft Report was agreed to; the Formal Minutes relating to the consideration of the Report are published in the Second Report of the Committee, HC 570-I and 570-II.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 30 March at 9.15 am
Wednesday 30 March 2011
Members present
Mr Graham Stuart, in the Chair Neil Carmichael Tessa Munt Pat Glass Craig Whittaker Damian Hinds
1. Looked-after children: Government response
Draft Special Report (Looked-after Children: Further Government Response to the Children, Schools and Families Committee’s Third Report of Session 2008-09), proposed by the Chair, brought up, read the first and second time, and agreed to.
The Government’s further response to the Third Report from the Committee in Session 2008-09 was appended to the Report.
Resolved, That the Report be the Fifth Special Report of the Committee to the House.
Ordered, That the Chair make the Report to the House.
2. Future programme
Resolved, That the Committee hold a one-off oral evidence session with participants in the current Channel 4 series, Jamie’s Dream School.
3. Services for young people
Doug Nicholls, National Secretary, Community and Youth Workers Union in Unite, Jane Haywood, Chief Executive, Children’s Workforce Development Council, Adam Nichols, Chief Executive, Changemakers, and Gill Millar, Regional Youth Work Adviser, Learning South West, gave oral evidence. Bill Eyres, Head of Sustainability, O2 UK, Louise Savell, Associate Director, Social Finance, Rob Bell, Head of Social Justice Programme, Paul Hamlyn Foundation, and Martin Brookes, Chief Executive, New Philanthropy Capital, gave oral evidence.
Paul Oginsky, Government Adviser on the National Citizen Service, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 27 April at 9.15 am
Wednesday 27 April 2011
Members present
Mr Graham Stuart, in the Chair
Neil Carmichael Ian Mearns Nic Dakin Tessa Munt Bill Esterson Craig Whittaker Damian Hinds
1. The Wolf Review of Vocational Education
Alison Wolf, Professor of Public Sector Management, Kings College London, gave oral evidence.
2. The English Baccalaureate
Nick Gibb MP, Minister of State, Department for Education, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 4 May at 9.15 am
Wednesday 4 May 2011
Members present
Mr Graham Stuart, in the Chair
Nic Dakin Ian Mearns Damian Hinds Tessa Munt Charlotte Leslie Craig Whittaker
1. The English Baccalaureate
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to the English Baccalaureate be reported to the House for publication on the Internet:
Michael Tidd Geoff Lucas, HMC ISRSA (Independent Schools Religious Studies Association) Jonathan Morris, Headteacher, St Wilfrid’s School The Oratory School Cllr Mrs K M Roche Hugh O’Neill, Headteacher, St Benedict’s Catholic School, Bury St Edmunds Paul Allen Andrew Strachan Mr S G Bell, Headteacher, Paisley Catholic College Cath Brookes, Deputy Principal, Burntwood School Vincent Everett Mr Brendan Hickey, Headteacher, St Thomas More Catholic School John Keller, Principal, Guthlaxton College Gail Neill, Director, Diocese of Nottingham Education Service Michael Wright, Headteacher, Leyland St Mary’s Catholic High School Christopher Curtis, Headteacher, St Bede’s School James Reeve Danny Brierley Mr Nick Taunt, Headteacher, Bishop Luffa School, Chichester Andrew R Middleton Mervyn Apthorpe, Assistant Headteacher and Head of Technology, St Thomas More Catholic Science College Miss Moria Kent, Head of RE / PSHCE / Careers, Stanley High School Richard Wilkin, Headteacher, St Bede’s Inter Church School Barnaby Lennon, Headmaster, Harrow School Sharon Gladman Damien Graham, Deputy Headteacher, All Saints’ Catholic High School Tony Downey, Headteacher, Blessed Robert Sutton Catholic Sports College Bernadette Mimngah, Vice Principal, Mount Carmel RC Technology College for Girls La Retraite RC School Mr Philip Wood Music Education Council Miss Doreen Cronin Martin Lapworth George Graingers J C Bamford Excavators Professor John F Healey David Sheppard, Headteacher, The Charter School Council of University Classical Departments Jennifer James, Head of History, Holte Visual and Performing Arts College Judith Mossman, Professor of Classics, University of Nottingham Jonathan Kerr Mrs Jane Crow, Headteacher, Cardinal Newman School, Luton Chris Lord, Head of Classics, Chigwell School, Essex Mrs Barbara Roden Anna Karstan ASDAN Mrs Aston Classics Department, Hereford Cathedral School Mrs Susan Rutherford The Better History Group Richard Vaughan David Boothroyd Andrea Lea Dr Iain W Farrell, Director of Studies, Harrow School The Royal Academy of Engineering Jolyon English Andrew Hampton Association of Colleges Denise Davids Elizabeth Wolverson on behalf of the London Diocesan Board for Schools T Hammond Headteacher, Hagley Catholic High School Cath Taylor A Kurt, Head of Classics, Dartford Grammar School Rowan Stephenson Dominic Hodgkinson Mrs E A Hayden, Head of Religious Studies, Christleton High School Sheila Oviatt Ham The Learning Machine Ltd Sue Warrington, Headteacher, Chace Community College Miriam Fairclough Professor Judith Lieu, Chair of the Faculty Board, Faculty of Divinity, University of Cambridge Ian Bangay, Head of North Yorkshire Music Service Kevin Harley, Deputy Head, Curriculum, The Piggott School National Association of Religious Education (NATRE) Geographical Association AMiE J M Kenny, Chair of Governors, Thomas Alleyne’s High School Ifs Barnardo’s John Connor Fiona Hopkinson National Society for Education in Art and Design Professor Robert Jackson NASUWT Felicity Gibbins New Visions for Education Group Mr Afshar, Head of Business Studies, Wimbledon College Mrs Marion Gibbs, Headmistress, James Allen’s Girls’ School Staffordshire County Council Peter Davies, University of Birmingham Linda Cadier All Hallows RC Business, Enterprise and Sports College National Union of Teachers Brian Murphy Steve Jewell, Principal, The Littlehampton Academy Little Ilford School Danielle Fairey Leadership Team, Cardinal Newman Catholic School, Coventry Mrs G A Byron A J Glover, Headteacher, The Becket School Association of University Professors and Heads of French Department of Theology and Religious Studies, University of Bristol Anne Teasdale St John Fisher Catholic College Dr Elizabeth Swinbank Mrs Jill K Taylor Joe Hughes, Director of the Education, Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle Education Service Dr Cain, School of Education, University of Southampton Archbishop Sentamu Academy Alderman Colin Cradock, Chair of the South Gloucestershire Standing Advisory Council on Religious Education; Margaret Murphy, South Gloucestershire Advisory Teacher for Religious Education; and Antony Evans, South Gloucestershire Advisor for Personal, Social, Health and Moral Education and Citizenship Field Studies Council Senior Leadership Team at Sacred Heart of Mary Girls’ School Incorporated Society of Musicians and Conservatoires UK The Stockport Secondary Headteachers Consortium School of Education, Birmingham City University Democratic Life Girls’ Day School Trust Cornwall’s Standing Advisory Council for Religious Education National Association of Music Educators (NAME) Assessment and Qualifications Alliance (AQA) West Sussex SACRE Colin Adams, Treasurer, Humanities Association Robert Benzie, Head teacher, Ansford School and Chair of the Somerset Association of Secondary Headteachers CILT, The National Centre for Languages National Committee for 14–19 Engineering Education Isabelle Jones, Head of Languages and Teacher of French and Spanish Frances Hudson Volume II Clare Stanhope Tim Manly University Council of Modern Languages Governing Body of St Joseph’s RC High School, Horwich ConstructionSkills Department of Theology and Religion, Durham University Alice Charnley, PGCE Student Girls’ Schools Association Catherine Hynes, Head of Religious Education, The Campion School Michael Loveland The Independent Schools Association Don Henson, Head of Education, Council for British Archaeology The Economics, Business and Enterprise Association Association for Citizenship Teaching Park Community school The Curriculum Foundation BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT Royal Shakespeare Company Ruth Robinson The Joint Association of Classical Teachers Examination Committee Joanne Rawlings 157 Group Ilford Ursuline High School Education for Engineering School of Education, University of Southampton John Johnson, Headmaster, The Campion School VAGA, the Visual Arts and Galleries Association Institute of Education, University of London Institute for Education Business Excellence Cultural Learning Alliance The Chafford School RE Department The Royal Society Angela Gallagher-Brett and Liz Hudswell, Higher Education Academy Subject Centre for Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies, University of Southampton Paul Scarsbrook, Greg Tatton and Jason warner ADS Association of School and College Leaders Church of England Board of Education and the National Society Henry Gowland, Vice Principal (Academic), The Kings Academy, Middlesbrough Dormers Wells High School Creative and Cultural Skills Council Kent County Council The National Association of Language Advisers Mr P Travis, Headmaster, St Thomas More High School, Southend The Association for Language Learning (ALL) Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Policy Committee for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport Diploma Development Partnership for the Creative and Media Diploma by Skillset and Creative and Cultural Skills Association of Teachers and Lecturers Engage Group for Education in Museums Crafts Council Joint Submission on behalf of The Association of School and College Leaders, Curriculum Foundation and Whole Education Mr Pigott Cardinal Wiseman Catholic Technology College, Birmingham Rev Christopher Thomas National Board of Religious Inspectors and Advisers The British Psychological Society University of Cambridge School Classics Project Mrs K Packham, Curriculum Leader for Religious Education, St Thomas More Catholic High School, Crewe Leeds SACRE Sheffield Learning for Life Partnership WJEC William Musk Arts Council England Fr Timothy M Gardner OP on behalf of the Catholic Education Service for England and Wales Mr J Partridge, Curriculum Team Leader for ICT, The Minster School, Southwell The Design and Technology Association Trinity College London Naomi Hart Nigel Ranson, Headteacher, Our Lady’s Catholic High School Don Henson, Education Coordinator of the Heritage Alliance Theatre for Young Audiences Catharine Darnton Links into Language North West Mrs J Rowell Patricia M Slonecki, Headteacher, St Catherine’s Catholic School for Girls, Bexleyheath Matt Buxton Matt Brady, Assistant Headteacher, Tile Hill Wood School and Language College Chislehurst and Sidcup Grammar School Dr Christopher Roy, High Master, The Manchester Grammar School Specialist Schools and Academies Trust (SSAT) National Headteacher Steering Group Art and Design Education Team, School of Education, Birmingham University National Secular Society Mark Oliver Independent Academies Association Theresa Madden Mr Brendan Conboy, Headteacher Peter Robottom Ofqual Revd John Fellows Steve Gerlach Department for Education Gary Shilladay, Head of Latin, Dorothy Stringer School Burntwood School Mark Warren, Deputy Headteacher, Harrow Way Community School Dr Irene Bishop and the Senior Leadership Team, St Saviour’s and St Olave’s School Derek Jay Penelope Summers Cassandra Garbutt Languages Group, University of Plymouth Society of Italian Studies John Oakes, Headmaster, Dartford Grammar School Royal Opera House ESRI UK Historical Association Template received from 13 individuals from Durrington High School Mark Billingham Mr B Flint Laura Rutherford Mrs Sarah Brooks Mrs J Parker St Marylebone Church of England School Volume III Edge Nower Hill High School Sally Long Council for Subject Associations Association of British Orchestras Simon Spencer Chris Dunne, Headteacher, Langdon Park School 1994 Group Mr Duncan Spalding, Headteacher, Aylsham High School e-skills UK Caroline O’Neill, Curriculum Leader for RE, Cardinal Hennan Catholic High School, Leeds Ron Herbert and Emma McMurrough, Garforth Academy, Leeds SLT of Albany Science College British Humanist Association BT Religious Education Council of England and Wales Association of University Lecturers in Religion and Education Chatsmore Catholic High School Graeme Smith Paul Scrutt Letter to Michael Gove MP from Jon Wright, Chair, Lancashire Association of Secondary School Headteachers Emily North Mart Anstiss, Headteacher, Felpham Community College The Associated Board of the Royal schools of Music National Grid Universities UK National Association of Head Teachers Template letter from 345 respondents, as part of a campaign organised by the Incorporated Society of Musicians Stephen Pettit, Director of Music, Benslow Music Trust Howard Goodall CBE Senior Leadership Team, Adeyfield School Jane Willis, Headteacher, Notre Dame High School, Sheffield Chris Parkinson, Principal. Bosworth Community College Mr P J Wickert Mr A Sharpe Mr Stephen King, Director of Language College and MFL, Campion School and Language College Jeannie Cohen and Peter Jones, on behalf of Friends of Classics Andrew Johnson, Deputy Head and Head of Classics, Ashville College Trevor and Michele Pipe, Co-Principals, Hawley Place School James Bovington, KS4 coordinator, Bovington Horsforth School, Leeds Paul Shannon, Deputy Headteacher, St Mary’s Schools Robert Max Jazz Services Matthew Bright Dennis Wickens United Church Schools Trust Elizabeth Poulsen (Mrs L Bellow) Jen Hartley Dennis Drumm Jane Ellison MP Mrs S Bamforth Hampshire Music Service Anna Blakemore Elisabeth Wigley, Deputy Director (Music Service), Merton Music Foundation
2. Scrutiny of European Union documents
The committee discussed this matter.
3. Services for young people
Terry Ryall, Chief Executive, v [the National Young Volunteers’ Service] and Mohammed Ahmed, vinvolved volunteer, gave oral evidence.
Tim Loughton MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Children and Families, Department for Education, and Nick Hurd MP, Minister for Civil Society, Cabinet Office, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 11 May at 9.15 am
Wednesday 11 May 2011
Members present
Mr Graham Stuart, in the Chair
Neil Carmichael Charlotte Leslie Nic Dakin Tessa Munt Bill Esterson Lisa Nandy Pat Glass Craig Whittaker Damian Hinds
1. Participation by 16-19 year olds in education and training
Deborah Roseveare, Director of Education and Training, OECD, and Professor Lorna Unwin, Professor of Vocational Education, Institute of Education, University of London, gave oral evidence. Eric Collis, General Manager, Humberside Engineering Training Association, Keith Smith, Director of Operations, National Apprenticeship Service, Bill Sutton, Operations and Development Manager, Sector Skills Council for the Science, Engineering and Manufacturing Technologies, Caroline Blackman, Head of Organisational Effectiveness, Laing O’Rourke, and Jane Connor, HR Director, Kwik-Fit GB Ltd, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 17 May at 9.45 am
Tuesday 17 May 2011
Members present
Mr Graham Stuart, in the Chair
Neil Carmichael Tessa Munt Pat Glass Craig Whittaker Damian Hinds
1. Special Educational Needs Green Paper
Sue Bourne, Headteacher, The Avenue School, Reading, Professor Geoff Lindsay, Director of the Centre for Educational Development, Appraisal and Research, University of Warwick, Lorraine Petersen OBE, Chief Executive, nasen, Jane McConnell, Chief Executive Independent Parental Special Education Advice, Councillor Ken Meeson, Leader, Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council, gave oral evidence.
Sarah Teather MP, Minister of State for Children and Families, Department for Education, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 18 May at 9.15 am
Wednesday 18 May 2011
Members present
Mr Graham Stuart, in the Chair
Neil Carmichael Charlotte Leslie Nic Dakin Ian Mearns Bill Esterson Tessa Munt Pat Glass Lisa Nandy Damian Hinds Craig Whittaker
1. Future programme
Resolved, That the Committee take oral evidence on health visitors.
Resolved, That the Committee take oral evidence on the Munro Review of child protection.
Resolved, That the Committee take oral evidence on the administration of the Department for Education.
2. Participation by 16-19 year olds in education and training
Joanne McAllister, 14-19 support team, Cumbria County Council, Professor Tony Watts OBE, Life President, National Institute for Careers Education and Counselling, Martin Doel OBE, Chief Executive, Association of Colleges, and Martin Ward, Deputy General Secretary, Association of School and College Leaders, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 8 June at 9.15 am
Wednesday 8 June 2011
Members present
Mr Graham Stuart, in the Chair
Neil Carmichael Charlotte Leslie Nic Dakin Ian Mearns Bill Esterson Tessa Munt Pat Glass Lisa Nandy
1. Participation by 16-19 year olds in education and training
Seyi Obakin, Chief Executive, Centrepoint, Bob Reitemeier, Chief Executive, The Children’s Society, Anne-Marie Carrie, Chief Executive, Barnardo’s, and Dr Thomas Spielhofer, Senior Researcher and Consultant, Tavistock Institute of Human Relations, gave oral evidence.
Peter Lauener, Chief Executive, Young People’s Learning Agency, gave oral evidence.
Lord Hill of Oareford CBE, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Education, and John Hayes MP, Minister for Further Education, Skills and Lifelong Learning, Department for Education/Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 15 June at 9.15 am
Wednesday 15 June 2011
Members present
Mr Graham Stuart, in the Chair
Neil Carmichael Ian Mearns Nic Dakin Tessa Munt Bill Esterson Lisa Nandy Pat Glass Craig Whittaker Charlotte Leslie
1. Main Estimates 2011-12
Ordered, That Estimates Memoranda relating to Main Estimates for the financial year 2011- 12 for the Department for Education, the Teachers’ Pension Scheme, the Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills and the Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation be reported to the House for publication on the Internet.
2. Future programme
The Committee discussed this matter.
3. The English Baccalaureate
The Committee discussed this matter. 4. Services for young people
Draft Report (Services for young people), proposed by the Chair, brought up and read.
The draft Report was agreed to; the Formal Minutes relating to the consideration of the Report are published in the Third Report of the Committee, HC 744-I.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 21 June at 9.45 am
Tuesday 21 June 2011
Members present
Mr Graham Stuart, in the Chair
Neil Carmichael Charlotte Leslie Nic Dakin Ian Mearns Bill Esterson Tessa Munt Pat Glass Craig Whittaker Damian Hinds
1. “Jamie’s Dream School”: lessons for public policy: oral evidence
Angelique Knight, Ayesha Begum, Carl West, Nana Kwame, Ricki Bourne and Ronnie Crossland, students from ‘Jamie’s Dream School’, gave oral evidence.
John D’Abbro OBE, Headteacher, New Rush Hall Group, Jazzie B OBE, DJ, entrepreneur and producer, Professor Mary Beard FBA, Professor of Classics, University of Cambridge, Alvin Hall, financial adviser, author and broadcaster, Dr David Starkey CBE, historian and broadcaster, and Professor the Lord Winston, Professor of Science and Society, Imperial College London, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 22 June at 9.15 am
Wednesday 22 June 2011
Members present
Mr Graham Stuart, in the Chair
Neil Carmichael Damian Hinds Nic Dakin Ian Mearns Bill Esterson Tessa Munt Pat Glass Craig Whittaker
1. Behaviour and Discipline in Schools
Draft Special Report (Behaviour and Discipline in Schools: Government Response to the Committee’s First Report of Session 2010-12), proposed by the Chair, brought up, read the first and second time, and agreed to.
The Government’s response to the First Report from the Committee in Session 2010–12 was appended to the Report.
Resolved, That the Report be the Sixth Special Report of the Committee to the House.
Ordered, That the Chair make the Report to the House.
2. The role and performance of Ofsted
Draft Special Report (The role and performance of Ofsted: Responses from the Government and Ofsted to the Second Report of the Committee, Session 2010-12), proposed by the Chair, brought up, read the first and second time, and agreed to.
Responses from the Government and Ofsted to the Second Report from the Committee in Session 2010–12 was appended to the Report.
Resolved, That the Report be the Seventh Special Report of the Committee to the House.
Ordered, That the Chair make the Report to the House.
3. Health visitors and their role in school readiness
Maggie Fisher, Chair of Health Visitors Forum, Unite/Community Practitioners Health Visitors Association (CPHVA) and Regional Co-ordinator, Netmums, Liz Bailey, Head of Children’s Services, Medway Community Healthcare, Nicola Amies, Head of Early Years, Bright Horizons Family Solutions and member of expert panel for the Tickell Review of the Early Years Foundation Stage, and Anne Page, Policy and Public Affairs Manager, Family and Parenting Institute, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 29 June at 9.15 am
Wednesday 29 June 2011
Members present
Mr Graham Stuart, in the Chair
Neil Carmichael Damian Hinds Nic Dakin Tessa Munt Bill Esterson Lisa Nandy Pat Glass Craig Whittaker
1. Participation by 16-19 year olds in education and training
The Committee discussed this matter.
2. The Munro Review of child protection
Professor Eileen Munro, Professor of Social Policy, London School of Economics and Political Science, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 6 July at 9.15 am
Wednesday 6 July 2011
Members present
Mr Graham Stuart, in the Chair
Neil Carmichael Charlotte Leslie Nic Dakin Ian Mearns Bill Esterson Tessa Munt Pat Glass Lisa Nandy Damian Hinds Craig Whittaker
1. Future programme
Resolved, That the Committee inquire into the child protection system.
Resolved, That the Committee inquire into attracting, training and retaining the best teachers.
2. The English Baccalaureate
The Committee discussed this matter.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 12 July at 9.45 am
Tuesday 12 July 2011
Members present
Mr Graham Stuart, in the Chair
Neil Carmichael Ian Mearns Nic Dakin Tessa Munt Pat Glass Lisa Nandy Charlotte Leslie
1. Participation by 16-19 year olds in education and training
Draft Report (Participation by 16-19 year olds in education and training), proposed by the Chair, brought up and read.
The draft Report was agreed to; the Formal Minutes relating to the consideration of the Report are published in the Fourth Report of the Committee, HC 850-I.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 13 July at 9.15 am
Wednesday 13 July 2011
Members present
Mr Graham Stuart, in the Chair
Neil Carmichael Charlotte Leslie Nic Dakin Ian Mearns Bill Esterson Tessa Munt Pat Glass Lisa Nandy Damian Hinds Craig Whittaker
1. Public petition: Slough Sikh Education Trust
The Committee considered the petition to the House presented by Fiona Mactaggart MP concerning Slough Sikh Education Trust and a new Sikh Secondary Faith School.
2. Future programme
The Committee discussed this matter.
Resolved, That the Committee hold an informal seminar on performance measures for children in secondary education.
3. The administration of the Department for Education
Resolved, That the Committee visit the offices of the Department for Education at Sanctuary Buildings, Westminster.
4. The English Baccalaureate
The Committee discussed this matter.
[Adjourned till Monday 18 July at 2.00 pm
Monday 18 July 2011
Members present
Mr Graham Stuart, in the Chair
Neil Carmichael Charlotte Leslie Nic Dakin Ian Mearns Pat Glass Tessa Munt Damian Hinds Lisa Nandy
1. Future programme
The Committee discussed this matter.
2. The English Baccalaureate
The Committee discussed this matter.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 19 July at 5.00 pm
Tuesday 19 July 2011
Members present
Mr Graham Stuart, in the Chair
Neil Carmichael Damian Hinds Nic Dakin Charlotte Leslie Bill Esterson Lisa Nandy Pat Glass
1. The English Baccalaureate
Draft Report (The English Baccalaureate), proposed by the Chair, brought up and read.
The draft Report was agreed to; the Formal Minutes relating to the consideration of the Report are published in the Fifth Report of the Committee, HC 851.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 7 September at 9.15 am
Tuesday 6 September
The Chair, Neil Carmichael, Nic Dakin, Bill Esterson, Charlotte Leslie, Ian Mearns, Lisa Nandy, Craig Whittaker, the Clerk and the Committee Specialists visited the offices of the Department for Education at Sanctuary Buildings, Westminster, in accordance with the Committee’s decision of 13 July 2011.
Wednesday 7 September 2011
Members present
Mr Graham Stuart, in the Chair
Nic Dakin Damian Hinds Bill Esterson Ian Mearns Pat Glass Tessa Munt
1. Main Estimates 2011-12
Resolved, That the Committee seek clarification of information supplied by the Department for Education relating to expenditure on administration.
2. Future programme
The Committee discussed this matter.
Resolved, That the Committee inquire into the administration of examinations for 15 to 19 year olds in England.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 14 September at 8.55 am
Wednesday 14 September 2011
Members present
Mr Graham Stuart, in the Chair
Neil Carmichael Charlotte Leslie Nic Dakin Ian Mearns Bill Esterson Tessa Munt Pat Glass Lisa Nandy Damian Hinds Craig Whittaker
1. The administration of the Department for Education
Anthony Salz, Executive Vice-Chairman, Rothschild, Theodore Agnew, Non-Executive Director, Jubilee Managing Agency LTD, Dame Sue John DBE, Headteacher, Lampton School, Hounslow, and John Nash, Non-Executive Partner, Sovereign Capital, gave oral evidence.
Sir Michael Barber, Chief Education Adviser, Pearson, and Zoe Gruhn, Director of Leadership, Institute for Government, gave oral evidence.
2. Future programme
The Committee discussed this matter.
3. Services for young people
The Committee discussed this matter.
4. Child protection
The Committee discussed this matter.
5. Attracting, training and retaining the best teachers
The Committee discussed this matter.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 12 October at 9.15 am
Wednesday 12 October 2011
Members present
Mr Graham Stuart, in the Chair
Neil Carmichael Charlotte Leslie Bill Esterson Ian Mearns Pat Glass Tessa Munt Damian Hinds Craig Whittaker
1. The child protection system in England
Resolved, That the Committee visit independent children’s homes in Doncaster in connection with its inquiry into child protection.
2. Attracting, training and retaining the best teachers Resolved, That the Committee visit Singapore early in 2012 in connection with its inquiries into attracting, training and retaining the best teachers and administration of examinations for 15 to 19 year olds in England, and that the Chair seek the approval of the Liaison Committee for expenditure in connection with the visit.
3. Services for young people: The Government response
Draft Report (Services for young people: The Government response), proposed by the Chair, brought up and read.
The draft Report was agreed to; the Formal Minutes relating to the consideration of the Report are published in the Sixth Report of the Committee, HC 1501.
4. DfE Main Estimate 2011-12
Resolved, That the Committee publish correspondence with the Department for Education on its Main Estimate 2011-12.
5. Specialist advisers: declaration of interests
Resolved, That the Committee take note of an interest declared by Professor Geoff Whitty (For details of declaration of interests, see Appendix 2.)
6. The revised Schools Admissions and Appeals Code
Lesley Black, Education Adviser and Trainer, Advisory Centre for Education (ACE), Annie Hudson, Strategic Director, Children, Young People & Skills, Bristol City Council and lead on admissions for the Association of Directors of Children’s Services (ADCS), Rob McDonough, Headteacher, West Bridgford School, Nottingham, member of Foundation, Aided Schools and Academies National Association (FASNA) and member of DfE Sufficiency and Fair Access Task and Finish Group, Dr Lee Elliot Major, Director of Research and Policy, The Sutton Trust, and Professor Anne West, Director, Education Research Group, London School of Economics, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 19 October at 9.15 am
Wednesday 19 October 2011
Members present
Mr Graham Stuart, in the Chair
Neil Carmichael Ian Mearns Bill Esterson Tessa Munt Pat Glass Lisa Nandy Damian Hinds Craig Whittaker
1. Administration of examinations for 15 to 19 year olds in England
The Committee discussed this matter.
2. Attracting, training and retaining the best teachers
The Committee discussed this matter.
3. Pre–appointment hearing: Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector, Ofsted
Resolved, That the Committee take evidence from Sir Michael Wilshaw, the Government’s preferred candidate for the post of Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector, Ofsted.
4. The child protection system in England
Resolved, That the Committee visit Silverdale School in North Tyneside in connection with its inquiry into child protection.
Jim Gamble, former head of the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (CEOP) and John Goldup, National Director, Development and Strategy, Ofsted, gave oral evidence.
Professor Harriet Ward, Director, Centre for Child and Family Research, Loughborough University, Professor Nina Biehal, Research Director, Children and Young People’s Social Work Team, University of York and Dr Marian Brandon, Senior Lecturer in Social Work and Director of Post-qualifying programmes, University of East Anglia, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 26 October at 9.00 am
Wednesday 20 October
The Chair, Pat Glass, Ian Mearns, Craig Whittaker and the Second Clerk visited independent children’s homes in Doncaster, in accordance with the Committee’s decision of 12 October.
Wednesday 26 October 2011
Members present
Mr Graham Stuart, in the Chair
Pat Glass Ian Mearns Damian Hinds Tessa Munt
1. Participation by 16–19 year olds in education and training
Draft Special Report (Participation by 16–19 year olds in education and training: Government Response to the Committee’s Fourth Report of Session 2010-12), proposed by the Chair, brought up, read the first and second time, and agreed to.
The Government’s response to the Fourth Report from the Committee in Session 2010–12 was appended to the Report.
Resolved, That the Report be the Eighth Special Report of the Committee to the House.
Ordered, That the Chair make the Report to the House.
2. The English Baccalaureate
Draft Special Report (The English Baccalaureate: Government Response to the Committee’s Fifth Report of Session 2010-12), proposed by the Chair, brought up, read the first and second time, and agreed to.
The Government’s response to the Fifth Report from the Committee in Session 2010–12 was appended to the Report.
Resolved, That the Report be the Ninth Special Report of the Committee to the House.
Ordered, That the Chair make the Report to the House.
3. Attracting, training and retaining the best teachers
The Committee discussed this matter.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 1 November at 9.15 am
Tuesday 1 November 2011
Members present
Mr Graham Stuart, in the Chair
Neil Carmichael Damian Hinds Pat Glass Ian Mearns
1. College of Social Work
Resolved, That the Committee hold a one-off oral evidence session on the formation of the College of Social Work.
2. Pre–appointment hearing with the Government’s preferred candidate for HM Chief Inspector, Ofsted
Sir Michael Wilshaw, Preferred candidate for Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector, Ofsted, gave oral evidence.
Draft Report (Appointment of HM Chief Inspector, Ofsted), proposed by the Chair, brought up and read.
The draft Report was agreed to; the Formal Minutes relating to the consideration of the Report are published in the Seventh Report of the Committee, HC 1607-I.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 2 November at 9.15 am
Wednesday 2 November 2011
Members present
Mr Graham Stuart, in the Chair
Neil Carmichael Ian Mearns Pat Glass Tessa Munt Damian Hinds Lisa Nandy Charlotte Leslie Craig Whittaker
1. Administration of examinations for 15 to 19 year olds in England
Ordered, That Professor Michael Cresswell CBE be appointed as a Specialist Adviser to the Committee for its inquiry into the administration of examinations for 15 to 19 year olds in England.
2. The child protection system in England Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to the child protection system in England be reported to the House for publication on the Internet:
John Hemming MP Jim Phillips Nigel King Children and Families Across Borders (CFAB) Department for Education Dr Richard Quirk, Lead GP Children’s Safeguarding, NHS West Sussex & NHS East Sussex Professor Susan White (Professor of Social Work (Children and Families), University of Birmingham), Professor David Wastell (Professor of Information Systems, University of Nottingham), Dr Geoff Debelle (Consultant Paediatrician, Birmingham Children’s Hospital), Dr Suzanne Smith (Head of Safeguarding, Pennine Acute Hospitals Trust), Dr Chris Hall (University of Durham) Medical Protection Society
Ian Josephs
Children are Unbeatable!
Vanguard Consulting
28 Too Many
Karma Nirvana
Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
ECPAT UK
Florence Bellone
Lancaster University
Family Rights Group
Roger Morgan OBE, Children’s Rights Director
London Metropolitan University
Centre for Family Policy and Child Welfare, Bristol University
Children England
The Consortium of Expert Witnesses to the Family Courts Association of Child Psychotherapists
British Association of Social Workers (BASW)
General Medical Council
Parents Against Injustice (PAIN)
Association for Improvements in the Maternity Services
Ofsted
The Magistrates’ Association
Coram Children’s Legal Centre
Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE)
Iranian and Kurdish Women’s Rights Organisation
Loughborough University
Barnardo’s
Equality Now
Local Government Group
Professor June Thoburn, University of East Anglia
British Telecommunications Group
South Essex Rape and Incest Crisis Centre
Refugee Children’s Consortium
BeatBullying
Association of Directors of Children’s Services (ADCS)
Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO)
Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (CEOP)
Against Violence and Abuse
IMKAAN
Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health and the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC)
4Children
National Deaf Children’s Society
False Allegations Support Organisation
National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC)
The Law Society
The National Council for Voluntary Youth Services (NCVYS)
Enfield Safeguarding Children Board
Office of the Children’s Commissioner
Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA)
Jane Ellison MP
University of York
Action for Children
FORWARD
NHS Confederation
Association of Lawyers for Children
The Children’s Society
Designated Professionals Network
End Violence Against Women (EVAW)
The Princess Royal Trust for Carers
Dr Richard Quirk, Named GP Safeguarding Children, NHS West Sussex, NHS East Sussex Downs and Weald, and NHS Hastings and Rother, Emma Grove, Assistant Head, George Green’s School, Tower Hamlets, and Theresa Lane, Headteacher, Rachel McMillan Nursery School and Children’s Centre, Deptford, gave oral evidence.
Sue Minto, Head of ChildLine, John Cameron, Head of NSPCC Adult Helpline and Joe Ferns, Director of Research, Development and Operations, The Samaritans, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 8 November at 9.15 am
Tuesday 8 November 2011
Members present
Mr Graham Stuart, in the Chair
Neil Carmichael Ian Mearns Damian Hinds Tessa Munt Charlotte Leslie Lisa Nandy
1. College of Social Work
Maurice Bates, Chair of the Transition Board, College of Social Work, Allan Bowman, Chair of the SCIE Board, Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE), Hilton Dawson, Chief Executive, British Association of Social Workers (BASW), and Helga Pile, National Officer, Unison, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 9 November at 9.15 am
Wednesday 9 November 2011
Members present
Mr Graham Stuart, in the Chair
Neil Carmichael Ian Mearns Pat Glass Tessa Munt Damian Hinds Lisa Nandy Charlotte Leslie Craig Whittaker
1. Meeting with Computing at School working group
Resolved, That the Committee meet the Computing at School working group.
2. College of Social Work Ian Mearns MP declared an interest as a member of Unison.
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to the College of Social Work be reported to the House for publication on the Internet:
Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE)
The College of Social Work
The British Association of Social Workers (BASW)
Social Work Reform Board (SWRB)
3. Attracting, training and retaining the best teachers
Resolved, That the Committee visit Rugby School in connection with its inquiry into attracting, training and retaining the best teachers.
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to attracting, training and retaining the best teachers be reported to the House for publication on the Internet:
Caroline Gray
Philippa Mitchell, The Butts Primary School
Professor Chris Robertson, University of Worcester
Universities Council for the Education of Teachers (UCET)
Dr John Oversby, Institute of Education
Birmingham City University, School of Education
School Travel Forum
University of Birmingham
NISAI Virtual Academy with the University of Birmingham (Supplementary)
Dr Beng Huat See and Professor Stephen Gorard, School of Education, University of Birmingham
Catholic Education Service for England and Wales
Field Studies Council (FSC)
Dawn Casson, Headteacher, St Lawrence Primary School
Research Councils UK (RCUK) The Sutton Trust
City and Guilds Centre for Skills Development
The Communication Trust
Vision West Notts
Universities UK and Guild HE
Association of Colleges
Advisory Committee on Mathematics Education (ACME)
General Teaching Council for England
Department for Education
Institute for Learning
The Consortium for Emotional Wellbeing in Schools (CEWBS)
Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge
OFSTED
University of Keele
TeachFirst
NASUWT, The Teachers’ Union
National Union of Teachers (NUT)
The College of Teachers
Naitonal Centre for Excellence in the Teaching of Mathematics
ATL, The Education Union
Myscience
Beatbullying
Teacher Support Network
National Association of School Based Teacher Trainers
Wellcome Trust
James Whelan
National Education Trust Alliance for Inclusive Learning
The Cathedrals Group
Institute of Education, University of London
Association of School and College Leaders
AT, Consultants for Change
Professor John Howson, Director of Data for Education info
The Gatsby Foundation
ETeach
Million +
Year 7 Student Letters submitted by Fiona Stockdale
Chloe Bartlett
Edge Hill University
Headteacher Martin Moorman, Ravenscliffe High School
Stephen Hillier, Chief Executive, Training and Development Agency, and Michael Day, Executive Director of Training, Training and Development Agency, gave oral evidence.
Dr Michael Evans, Deputy Head, Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge, Dr John Moss, Dean of Education, Canterbury Christ Church University, Martin Thompson, Principal, The Pilgrim Partnership, Kay Truscott-Howell, Course Director, Billericay Educational Consortium, and Amanda Timberg, Director of Leadership Development, TeachFirst, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 23 November at 9.15 am
Wednesday 23 November 2011
Members present
Mr Graham Stuart, in the Chair
Alex Cunningham Ian Mearns Pat Glass Tessa Munt Damian Hinds Craig Whittaker Charlotte Leslie
1. Declaration of interests
Alex Cunningham declared interests, in accordance with the Resolution of the House of 13 July 1992 (see Appendix 1).
2. Public petitions
The Committee considered petitions to the House presented by Nic Dakin MP on the Teachers’ Pension Scheme, and Luciana Berger MP on the cancelling of free fruit for young children.
3. Departmental Annual Report
Resolved, That the Committee take evidence from the Secretary of State for Education.
4. The administration of examinations for 15 to 19 year olds in England
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to the administration of examinations for 15 to 19 year olds in England be reported to the House for publication on the Internet:
National Union of Teachers (NUT)
Andrew Hunt
Martin Collier, Headmaster, St John’s School, Leatherhead
Mark Hobson
Assessment and Qualifications Alliance (AQA)
Society of Authors
Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL)
Council for Awards in Care, Health and Education (CACHE)
GL Assessment
Pearson UK
Institute of Mathematics and its Applications
Association of Teachers of Mathematics (ATM)
EMTA Awards Limited (EAL)
The Royal Statistical Society Joint Council for Qualifications (JCQ)
Wellcome Trust
DRS Data Services Limited
Chartered Institute for Educational Assessors (CIEA)
Federation of Award Bodies (FAB)
Vicky McCarthy
Roger Porkess
Dr Ian Jones, Mathematics Education Centre, Loughborough University
The Mathematical Association
Examination Officers Association (EOA)
AQA Centre for Education Research and Policy (CERP)
Dr Tony Gardner, University of Birmingham
National Association of Headteachers (NAHT)
Fiona Nicholson, Independent home education consultant
The Sector Skills Council for Science, Engineering and Manufacturing Technologies (SEMTA)
Oxford Cambridge and RSA Examination Board (OCR)
David Leitch
E-Skills UK
Oxford University Press (OUP)
University of Cambridge International Examinations (UCLES)
The London Mathematical Society
Girls Day School Trust (GDST)
Mathematics in Education and Industry (MEI)
The Centre for Market Reform in Education
Cambridge Assessment
NISAI Group
Association of Colleges (AOC) NASUWT, The Teachers Union
The Royal Grammar School, Guildford
National Union of Students (NUS)
Helen James
British Chambers of Commerce
Advisory Committee on Mathematics Education (ACME)
SCORE
Ofqual
Neil McNaughton
Department for Education (DfE)
The International Society for Design and Development in Education (ISDDE)
Janine Clatworthy
Graham George
5. College of Social Work
Resolved, That the Committee publish on the Internet correspondence with the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Children and Families concerning the College of Social Work.
6. Attracting, training and retaining the best teachers
David Butler OBE, Chief Executive, PTA-UK, Emma Knights, Chief Executive, National Governors’ Association, and Andrew Jones, Assistant Director (Services to Schools), Sheffield City Council (for the ADCS), gave oral evidence.
Professor Peter Tymms, Head of the School of Education, Durham University, Sir Peter Lampl OBE, Chairman, The Sutton Trust, Professor John Howson, Director, dataforeducation.info, Professor Stephen Gorard, Professor of Education Research, University of Birmingham, and Professor Kevin Mattinson, Pro Vice-Chancellor & Head of Teacher Education, Keele University, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 29 November at 9.15 am APPENDIX 1: DECLARATIONS OF MEMBERS’ INTERESTS
14 July 2010: declaration of Members’ interests
Conor Burns: Nil
Nic Dakin: Executive Principal of John Leggott College, Sixth Form College in Scunthorpe, until 31 August 2010
Former member of the GMB trade union
Member, NUT
Governor of St Lawrence Academy and Priory Lane Junior School in Scunthorpe
My wife works for the local education authority
Pat Glass: Employed as a Senior Executive by Capita Strategic Children’s Services from January 2007 until May 2010
Member of the GMB trade union
Damian Hinds: I have no pecuniary or other relevant interests in the education sector, beyond that my wife is a teacher (currently not working)
Liz Kendall: Member of Unite trade union
Member of the Co-operative Party
Ian Mearns: Trades Union Memberships: Unite; Unison
School Governorships: Thomas Hepburn Community Comprehensive School, Felling Gateshead (Chair of Governors) and Kelvin Grove Primary School, Saltwell, Gateshead (Chair of Governors)
Life Vice-President of the Local Government Association
Tessa Munt Associate Governor of Hugh Sexey Middle School, Blackford, Somerset
Fundraiser and supporter, Childline
Lisa Nandy: School governor of Brackenbury Primary School, Hammersmith
Employed by the Children’s Society until May 2010
Sponsor a pass for Lisa Johnson, an employee of UCU
Researcher Louise Haigh is also employed by the NUT
Mr Graham Stuart: Nil
Craig Whittaker: Nil
21 July 2010: declaration of Members’ interests
Charlotte Leslie: Formerly Governor of St Ursula School, Bristol
Governor, Avonmouth Primary School
President, National Smelters Boxing Club, Avonmouth
3 November 2010: declaration of Members’ interests
Bill Esterson Trades Union Membership: Unite
Neil Carmichael Governor of Stroud College
24 November 2010: declaration of Members’ interests
Bill Esterson Governor, Green Park Primary School, Sefton
23 November 2011: declaration of Members’ interests
Alex Cunningham Trades Union Membership: Unison APPENDIX 2: DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST BY SPECIALIST ADVISERS
15 September 2010
Professor Alan Smithers
Nil.
Professor Geoff Whitty
Director, Institute of Education, University of London (until 31 December 2010)
Trustee, University of London (until 31 December 2010)
Trustee, IFS School of Finance
Board Member, Office for Standards in Education (from 1 August 2011)
17 November 2010
Dr John Dunford
Trustee, Teach First
Governing council member, National Council for School Leadership
Advisory Board member, Future Leaders
Chair, Whole Education
Chair, Worldwide Volunteering
Leading a review for the Secretary of State for Education on the Office of the Children’s Commissioner
Consultancy on school leadership for PricewaterhouseCoopers
Consultancy on school leadership for Capita SIMS
Advisory Board member, Times Supplements ltd
Governor, St Andrew’s CE Primary School, North Kilworth, Leicestershire
Mr Nick Peacey
Trustee, I CAN charity
Trustee, Association for the Protection of all Children
24 November 2010
Dame Denise Platt
Governor, University of Bedfordshire
1 December 2010
Dr David Moore
Nil.
Dame Denise Platt
Member, Committee on Standards in Public Life
Trustee, National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children
Trustee, Adventure Capital Fund
Chair, National Aids Trust
Member, Independent Review Board Cheshire Fire and Rescue Services
Member, Commission on Assisted Dying
9 February 2010
Tom Wylie
Trustee, Rathbone
Trustee, Asdan
Member, Development Grants Board, The Scout Association